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Fiscal Year(s)

View earmark details Earmark Spending in Alabama

* Earmarks requested by the president are not included in the member and state rankings to better reflect political power. This follows the methodology used by Taxpayers for Common Sense.
Fiscal Year(s) 2008-2010 No Total Amount
Congressional earmarks No. 728 Total Amount $1,040,840,677
All earmarks No. 761* Total Amount $1,538,956,677*
Earmark Details Year Description (Bill)

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Amount Sponsors Locations Receiving Organization
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description To the Helen Keller Birthplace Foundation, for renovation of Ivy Green, the birthplace of Helen Keller
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $98,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Bud Cramer (D-AL)
Former Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL)
Locations Tuscumbia, Alabama Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Tornado and Hurricane Operations and Research, to improve detection, tracking, and forecasting of tornadic thunderstorms and land-falling hurricanes in the Southeast United States, University of Alabama at Huntsville
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $846,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL) Locations Huntsville, Alabama Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Tomhigbee Regional Commission for traffic safety technology and law enforcement equipment
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $350,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL) Locations Camden, Alabama Recipients Alabama-Tombigbee Regional Commission
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description The University of Alabama at Birmingham for nanotechnology research
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $700,000 Sponsors Rep. Robert Aderholt (R-AL)
Former Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL)
Locations Birmingham, Alabama Recipients University of Alabama at Birmingham
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description The Town of Somerville for wastewater construction project
(Interior)
Amount $378,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL) Locations Somerville, Alabama Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description The Town of Eva for wastewater treatment facility upgrade project
(Interior)
Amount $295,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) Locations Eva, Alabama Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description The Jimmie Hale Mission, Birmingham, AL, for services for homeless families
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $95,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) Locations Birmingham, Alabama Recipients Jimmie Hale Mission
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description The City of Thomasville for water infrastructure improvements
(Interior)
Amount $0 Sponsors Former Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL)
Former Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL)
Locations Thomasville, Alabama Recipients City of Thomasville, Ala.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description The City of Thomasville for the Southwest Alabama Rural/Municipal Water System
(Interior)
Amount $0 Sponsors Former Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL)
Former Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL)
Locations Thomasville, Alabama Recipients City of Thomasville, Ala.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description The City of Thomasville for regional water supply distribution
(Interior)
Amount $0 Sponsors Former Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL)
Former Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL)
Locations Thomasville, Alabama Recipients City of Thomasville, Ala.

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